Tag: infinite games
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Trading for autistics
I’m still depressed. Did I tell you that I only recently accepted the fact that I have bipolar? John visited me but only for a few hours. I gave him his birthday present which was coffee from London Nootropics, two sets, one of them was mushroom coffee. I assumed that if John likes both mushrooms…
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I’m not a role model, am I?
When I started blogging that how I saw it: I wanted to use this platform to somehow give other autistic people guidance on how to live their life and to do that I felt I needed to improve myself first. What happened instead I turned the blog into journal. Is it useful? I don’t know.…
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This option is not available. Trigger warning
It came to a point that I Googled assisted death in Netherlands. Unfortunately I don’t experience ‘unbearable suffering with no prospect of improvement’. It feels unbearable at times but I didn’t really try to improve my mental health. Anyway, as I said on the blog a few times, I believe my suicidal thoughts are a…
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Autism or borderline personality disorder?
I just read an article on Polish website about female who had mental health problems for several years before she received correct diagnosis. When I read that description I was convinced the diagnosis was autism, but not, it was borderline personality disorder. Mind you, I obviously have no idea what it is that she has,…
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Smart Goals vs Valued Directions
https://mentalhealthathome.org/2022/02/28/setting-goals-valued-directions/#comment-79730 This is a very interesting post by Ashley Peterson. Ashley discusses Valued Directions which is a concept from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (the same thing that Sleep School is based on) and they are alternative to goal setting. It reminds me of the concept of infinite games, that I see as a good approach…
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Is it ok to talk about expectations when we’re in a relationship?
I just realised one thing: the fact that I didn’t want to talk to John about what I would like to be different between us was because deep in my heart I believe that those things shouldn’t be discussed when we are already in an established relationship. I imagine relationship as a contract that one…
Autistic and me 